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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Drew Hendry fears the problems with the postal service will only grow worse as we approach Christmas. Postal services in the Highlands are being pushed to breaking point, a union has warned. The Communications Workers’ Union, which represents postal workers, …

A Royal Mail team has raised over £1,500 for charity after competing in a boat race. The Grantham team participated in the Newark Dragon Boat Race on Sunday (September 17). They raised £1,500 for two “wonderful” children’s charities, including Beaumond House Hospice, in Newark, and the Children’s Bereavement Centre, in …

After the debacle of solar panels, moreover, the EU has good reason to worry. Having stolen the original technology from Germany, China now dominates the global market for solar energy. Nobody else gets a look in. But though late to the party, the EU, the US, and even the UK …

An Essex construction firm has been slapped with a £40,000 fine after a groundworker suffered horrific injuries when 160kg drainage pipes fell on him. Anthony Pennell was rushed to Royal Stoke University Hospital having sustained several fractures to both sides of his pelvis, as well as a fractured vertebrae and …

An abandoned site partly destroyed by fire is still set to be turned into homes after being snapped up by a council. Bosses at Ashford Borough Council have bought the crime-hit Kent Wool Growers plot in Tannery Lane for an undisclosed sum and say their scheme could include flats and …

In a letter to the Business Select Committee in June, he wrote: “The ability to send and receive letters and parcels is important both socially and economically. This is particularly true for consumers who might be more vulnerable.” Ofcom will publish evidence later in the year on how demand is …

This exclusivity, which dated back to the spin-off of the Post Office in 2012, ended under the terms of a new partnership signed in 2020, which allowed the company to open up its network to other providers. The Post Office has since also struck click and collect deals with Amazon …

Tevva has started manufacturing 7.5-tonne trucks which have a 140-mile range in the UK, with customers including logistics companies Kinaxia and TG Lyons. It expects to deliver its first vehicle to Royal Mail in the coming weeks, and later develop an electric lorry with a “range extender” hydrogen fuel cell …

Brokers said homeowners coming to the end of fixed-rate deals over the last 18 months have increasingly turned to short-term fixed-rate loans on the expectation that interest rates would soon be falling again. David Hollingworth, of L&C Mortgages, said the proportion of homeowners locking in rates for only two years …

Kretinsky clearly does not see it that way. Last week, he agreed a €1bn (£860m) deal to take control of the loss-making IT services unit of the technology company Atos. It adds to a growing portfolio in France.  Only last month, he won control of the ailing supermarket chain Casino …